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DWP to pay out £970 million in ESA underpayments
16 October 2018 | News
... and a Public Accounts Committee report estimated 70,000 disabled people had been underpaid ESA following their ... of conversion to ESA by the end of 2019. The Department is looking at 570,000 ESA cases that could be affected. It ... the hardship they have caused to tens of thousands of disabled people. “Earlier this year, thankfully, they ...
Comment: Leaked sickness benefit cuts document
02 July 2015 | News
Disabled people: “Yes we understand incentives!” A ... by the BBC, suggests that the Government still feels that disabled people don’t want to work. This is not true, most ... want to work. The Government would be better advised to look at the disincentives in the back to work system than ...
DR UK responds to the LGA report on adult social care
24 September 2018 | News
... “The Independent Living Strategy Group (a grouping of disabled people’s organisations including DR UK chaired by ... Highlights from our response In our view we need to be looking at people’s whole lives and how we, who need ... living are, therefore, a shared enterprise between disabled people, government and the wider society - and they ...
Ombudsman upholding two-thirds of adult social care complaints
19 November 2017 | News
... staff. King said that the ombudsman would be increasingly looking to use powers in place since 2008 that enable the ... do you explain the list of experts that contains not one disabled person or anyone knowledgeable and committed to the ... committee that there needs to be better engagement with disabled people on all areas of policy. I would urge the ...
An official from the DWP comes to meet with us
26 October 2017 | News
... Heather and Leo, including one on job opportunities for disabled people up to the next election. As a result of our ... to sharing our experiences of it. Following that, we now look forward to meeting with officials in DWP’s Commercial ... of the way to reaching his target already! So please do look at and share Leo’s Just Giving Page , all donations ...
Strategic partner updates November 2015 part 2
19 November 2015 | News
... the voluntary sector. Our name is ‘Win-Win Alliance – disabled people leading change’ (WWA). This programme is ... placed to raise particular challenges facing our members of disabled people’s user-led organisations. We also ensure ... of care settings, including care home staff and carers who look after people in their own homes. To read more, go to: ...
Work has never worked for Disabled people so why are we trying to go back to how things were? By Mikey Erhardt
17 November 2023 | News
... under threat. Around a fifth of the British population is Disabled and lives with a sensory, motor, or cognitive ... about the office, you’d be remiss to forget that for many Disabled people, working in one was never normal. As we ... era of full-time office work, what does the future of work look like for Learning Disabled people like me? ADHD and ...
DR UK attends launch of accessible voting campaign
02 March 2023 | News
... the UK, to provide greater flexibility and choice in how disabled voters are supported. The event was sponsored by ... and Local Government and was attended by learning disabled and autistic self-advocates, as well as ... voting including no accessible booths and a lack of hearing loops. Unfortunately, barriers to voting for Disabled ...
We oppose the Hendy review proposals to defer 50% of vital Access for All rail projects
26 April 2016 | News
... Review, Transport for All, together with Inclusion London, Disabled People against Cuts, Disability Rights UK, RNIB, ... 2019-24. Over twenty years have passed since the rights of disabled people to access goods and services were passed ... lifts, tactile paving, audio visual information, induction loops and other fixtures that enable disabled people to use ...
Reports to the UN Committtee 2017
02 February 2017 | News
... (UN) in connection with its first periodic review of disabled people’s rights How well is the UK performing on ... Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Press releases Disabled people take complaints about UK Government’s ... potential and living full, independent lives. Whether you look at the shockingly low average life expectancy of people ...